Having a solid credit history is key to building future financial health. However, for many people, the hardest part about building a credit history is getting access to it in the first place. Enter Kikoff, a San Fracisco-based fintech startup […]
The FinTech industry is heating up and venture capital firms are opening up their wallets to promising and innovative tech startups. The fintech space continues to grow with no sign of slowing down. Just last week, Visa acquired Swedish fintech startup Tink […]
We’ve been covering Viva Republica for at least three years now. We first wrote about Viva Republica back in December 2017 after the South Korean fintech startup and the maker of financial services platform Toss joined the highly coveted unicorn startup club. At […]
Good evening! Below is a list of the top tech startup news for today, June 9, 2021. Bain Capital Private Equity and Crosspoint Capital Partners acquired ExtraHop for $900 million. ExtraHop, a Seattle, Washington-based startup and a provider of cloud-based network detection […]
Remittances into low and middle-income countries were worth $508 billion in 2020, according to an estimate from the World Bank. Early this month, Wise (formerly TransferWise) teamed up with Google Pay to allow users in the U.S. to send money to […]
Is cryptocurrency payment on the horizon for Apple? The answer may be yes, according to a recently listed job posting. Apple, the world’s largest company is looking to hire a business development manager for its “Alternative Payments” program. According to […]
Just over a week ago, we wrote about Binance after the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange came under investigation from DOJ and IRS for money laundering and tax offenses. The news quickly sent ripples to the crypto market and investors lost billions […]
Zip Co (formerly known as ZipMoney), a Sydney, Australia-based financial technology company, announced today it has acquired acquire Twisto, a Prague-based payments startup and a provider of “Buy Now Pay Later” (“BNPL”) service. In addition, Zip also it has acquired the remaining […]
On January 1, 2020, bitcoin was valued at $7,160, while the Dow Jones stood at 28,634 on January 3, 2020. However, the Dow Jones plummeted to 19,173 by March 20, 2020, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in the […]
Raising capital or not having enough capital has been listed as one of the top ten financial challenges facing small businesses in the United States, according to Oracle-owned company Netsuite. Small businesses, entrepreneurs, and tech startups alike also find it […]
Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are all the rage these days. In 2021 alone, there are 315 IPOs, according to data from the SPAC insights website, SPACAnalytics.com. Digital mortgage lender Better.com becomes the latest startup to join the SPAC frenzy. […]
Remittances into low and middle-income countries were worth $508 billion in 2020, according to an estimate from the World Bank. Today, Google announced it has teamed up with money transfer firms Wise and Western Union to offer cross-border payments and remittances from […]
Today, the U.S. dollar and the euro combined account for 75% of all global financial transactions. Early last year, we wrote about the Federal Reserve after the central bank announced it planned to create a Digital Dollar Wallet this year. It’s unclear […]
Generation Z—the 18 to 24-year-old digital natives who can’t live in a world without smartphones and the internet—now commands an estimated $143 billion in spending power. That’s almost 40% of global consumers. In addition, Gen Z and millennials are the two […]
ALT/AVE is a London, England-based RegTech startup that uses blockchain (distributed ledger) technology to combat the masses of paper waste in banking. The startup is revolutionizing the way financial institutions distribute regulated documents to their customers using blockchain (distributed ledger) technology. […]
StashAway, a Singapore-based fintech startup and a wealth management platform that delivers personalized portfolio management to both retail and accredited investors, today announced that it’s raising $25 million in its Series D funding round led by Sequoia Capital India. The transaction […]
Digital Asset is a New York-based blockchain startup that helps companies of all sizes and across industries get distributed applications to market faster, and stay there longer. At the core of its service offering is Digital Asset Modeling Language (DAML), an application […]
Across the globe, financial service providers are planning to invest heavily in new technology to accelerate digitalization. However, many institutions are struggling with existing digital transformation strategies. Enter FintechOS, a London, England-based FinTech startup that is driving a paradigm shift in […]
With billions of people now shopping online, trust remains the key ingredient to conducting digital commerce. Central to creating trust in a digital world is the ability to prove your digital identity – who you are, whether you are interacting in […]
Starling Bank, a U.K.-based mobile banking platform that offers personal, joint, and business accounts, announced today it has raised £50 million ($69 million) in funding from Goldman Sachs’ growth equity investment arm. The investment, which brings the total funding raised in the […]
